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String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major "The Allies", Stiles 1.2.3.3 SQ5, [1] was completed by Alfred Hill on 24 June 1920 in Sydney (as indicated in the manuscript). [2] [3] It is dedicated to Henri Verbrugghen [2] [3] (the first director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium), whose quartet gave the first public performance of the composition on 2 March 1921. [4]
The W. E. Hill & Sons workshop is located in the historic coach house and stables of Burgh House from 1704 in London Hampstead. Under the direction of Robert Brewer Young and Stefan-Peter Greiner , violins modelled after Stradivari - including the Messiah of 1716 - notable Bergonzis, and the work of Guarneri del Gesu are being made as part of ...
Hill claims that the program of the quartet is based on a Māori legend. It is provided by him as follows. [11]In the forest guarded against man by the potency of a Karakia (talisman) grew the giant kauri (a beautiful New Zealand tree), from which Rata, the hero, would fashion the canoe to bear him across unknown seas.
Seventeen String quartets, including: String Quartet No. 1 in B-flat, "Maori" (c. 1896; published 1913) String Quartet No.2 in G minor, "A Maori Legend in 4 Scenes" String Quartet No.3 in A minor, "The Carnival" String Quartet No. 4 in C minor; String Quartet No. 5 in E ♭ major, "The Allies" (1920) String Quartet No. 6 in G major, "The Kids"
Hill was heavily involved in chamber music performance, serving as a member of the Staell String Quartet from 1897-1899, the Austral String Quartet from 1911-1913 (during which time his String Quartet No. 3 was written), and the Conservatorium String Quartet from 1923-1933. [9] While Hill composed 17 string quartets across his career, Nos. 1, 2 ...
String Quartet No. 6 (Hill) String Quartet No. 7 (Hill) String Quartet No. 8 (Hill) This page was last edited on 1 May 2017, at 11:13 (UTC). Text is available under ...
W.E. Hill & Sons (1925–1928) ... On loan to Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo String Quartet; the instrument was made by Omobono Stradivarius. [179] 1728
William Ebsworth Hill (1817–1895) was a London violin maker and founder of the firm W. E. Hill & Sons. The son of the violin maker Henry Lockey Hill , he came from a long tradition of violin makers, going back to his great-grandfather Joseph Hill .